The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces.
By Mary Kay Mallonee and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — US forces working with Iraqi intelligence and security services killed a high-profile leader of the Islamic State in an airstrike in western Iraq, according to officials from the two countries.
BAGHDAD -- The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday.
Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or "Abu Khadija," was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with US-led coalition forces, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement.
Story by The Associated Press Baghdad, Iraq (AP) — The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with US-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday.
The Iraqi prime minister said the head of the "Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria was killed in an operation run by Iraqi intelligence and US-led coalition troops.
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